Is Britain Racist?

"The language has changed but the sentiment hasn't"-Said the man, who is Black,featured in BBC three documentary, says he has experienced racism in Britain even though he is British.

So that made me think, do you think Britain is racist?

On impulse I would say "No" but of course I would say xenophobia and Islamophobia is definitely present, but racism? Personally I have never felt attacked based on race but that's just my experience.

But then looking at the wider picture, it can be true that underlying racism is present even if it's only subconscious. When people say "That town doesn't feel like England anymore" or "This isn't our country anymore" and "Britain doesn't feel like Britain" sounds like that statement fuelled by hidden racism, even if it's not openly expressed with discriminatory words.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3262328/Great-British-Bake-producer-admits-finalists-chosen-representative-mix-Britain.html

Then...I read the comments under that daily mail article...I think it would be fair to say Racism does still exist. Do you agree?

Some british people are racist some are not... The geographical area has no opinion (britain isnt a country)

"The language has changed but the sentiment hasn't"-Said the man, who is Black,featured in BBC three documentary, says he has experienced racism in Britain even though he is British.

So that made me think, do you think Britain is racist?

On impulse I would say "No" but of course I would say xenophobia and Islamophobia is definitely present, but racism? Personally I have never felt attacked based on race but that's just my experience.

But then looking at the wider picture, it can be true that underlying racism is present even if it's only subconscious. When people say "That town doesn't feel like England anymore" or "This isn't our country anymore" and "Britain doesn't feel like Britain" sounds like that statement fuelled by hidden racism, even if it's not openly expressed with discriminatory words.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3262328/Great-British-Bake-producer-admits-finalists-chosen-representative-mix-Britain.html

Then...I read the comments under that daily mail article...I think it would be fair to say Racism does still exist. Do you agree?

Have you forgotten those times at school or...? I don't think you were there at the printer situation though
Yup, I definitely do think racism exists, maybe not so as much as before, but yes it's still prevalent. I remember during in school we never really got that many racist remarks, though we did have some, but remember the Solvakians? People always made rude remarks about them. It just seems as if when their is an influx of a new ethnicity that people are not used to, they seem to become racist. First it was black people and Asians, now it seems to be the Eastern Europeans. Of course, Muslims seem to be getting the most stick, and seem to be the most hated minority group in England.

I don't think the UK as a whole is inherently racist though, but racism does still exist within many people in in the UK.

Growing up I had to go for football practice in Romford or Barking.

The racism there was so evident, bunch of skin heads that look like vikings shouting out "paki" from their Ford ka because I was mixed race and my friend was Pakistani.

One of the most tolerant and diverse countries on the planet. There will always be racists in any country be it white on black, black on white brown on white or whatever. In Britain these are mostly minority

I thought the program was a total cronk of **** though, pseudo scientific tests concluding people were racist because they didn't click the button as fast on members of a different race. Utterly embarrassing

Do you think overtime people will stop caring if they get called a racist? Since people are already openly expressing discriminatory views anyway. I do.

I thought it was interesting, it did have an element of pseudo science I do admit that

But I did think the guy who went into east London and called it a "different world" and refused to accept the lady was British nationality, was a racist.

Its mainly a few people who are racist who make these stupid parties such as EDL and BNP, but these are just a majority, I think people of England are beautiful